Leadership and Management in Business Operations: A Presentation

This presentation analyzes the roles, characteristics, and differences between managers and leaders within the context of Rowlinson Knitwear. It explores key management functions such as planning, organizing, controlling, and directing. The presentation delves into various leadership theories, including trait, style, and contingency theories, and contrasts transformational and transactional leadership approaches. It also covers action-centered leadership and differentiates between hard and soft management skills, providing a comprehensive overview of effective leadership and management practices. The presentation concludes with a summary of the key takeaways and includes a list of relevant references.

Management and
Operations

Table of Content
• Introduction
 Manager and leader roles and characteristics.
 Differences among leader and manager
 Management function
 Theories of leadership traits, style and contingency
 Transformational and transactional leadership

Cont...
 Action centred leadership
 Hard management skills and Soft leadership skills
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Management as well as operations are considered as the management of
business practices for developing high level of effectiveness as well as
productiveness in organisations. It includes planning, organising and
directing products producing procedures. This PPT is based on
Rowlinson Knitwear. It is the produce as well as distributes uniforms
within the United Kingdom market area.

Manager and leader roles and
characteristics.
Definition of leader and manager.
Leader is defined as the one who possess dominant or superior position
into place as well as exercise high education degree. It aids to
influence as well as direct individuals for better results. Leaders are
the people who influences a group of individuals for attaining
objectives.

Differences among leader and manager
Roles Leader Manager
Strategy The Rowlinson Knitwear leader
execute that strategy which is
developed through manger with the
assistance of its staff to accomplish
that effectively.
Manager of Rowlinson Knitwear make
strategies for firm in order to attain their
objectives.
Communication It plays crucial role into
communication as they has to
influence as well as guide its staff
effectually.
It also plays an essential role in
communication in which it has to
communicate with whole people who
perform in company.
Characteristics Leaders Manager
Instruction It guide its staff as well as personnel. It coach subordinate as well a staff for
effectual performance.
Risk taking It concentrates upon new things as
well as bear risk. It concentrate to control or reduce risk.

Management function
Management is considered as that part business that relate themselves
with directing as well as controlling several activities to accomplish
goals. Some management function of Rowlinson Knitwear are
discussed below:
 Planning
 Organising
 Controlling
 Directing

Theories of leadership traits, style and
contingency
Leadership trait is depends upon leaders characteristics as well as
utilised to assume the efficiency of leadership. Leaders performing
within Rowlinson Knitwear have several traits as well as
characteristics to attain the business objectives. It assists in directing
staff to perform efficaciously. This involves traits like self-
confidence, job related skills, intelligences and others.

Transformational and transactional
leadership
Transformational leadership is considered as the theory in which
leaders perform with groups top identify required modification,
developing vision to direct change by motivation as well as
implementing the modification into arrangement with committed
team members.
Transactional leadership is considered as the leadership style which is
firstly formed through Max Weber in year 1947 thereafter through
Bernard Bass in 1981 year. It based upon self motivated people who
perform effectively within structured, directed environment.

Action centred leadership
This is defined as the model which is established through John Adair in
year 1960. moreover, it is considered as a simple template that can
be utilised direct person within leadership as well as management of
any group. Action centred leadership is the 3 circles model which
formed through three components that are presented as 3
overlapping circles.

Hard management skills and Soft leadership
skills
Hard management skills are considered as the teachable capabilities
that can be simply quantifiable. These skills are generally used in
resume cover letter which can aids recruiter to chose proficient
candidates.
Soft leadership skills are defined as the subjective skill that can not
quantify or tough to ascertain. This is also known as the business
skills of interpersonal as well as individuals. It involves team work,
motivation and others.

CONCLUSION
From the above PPT, it have been concluded that the role and
characteristics of both manager and leader are different from one
another. Also, the management by objective theory is utilised to set
appropriate objective and develop performance. Theories of
leadership traits, models are used by firm's leader to perform in
effective way for accomplishing task.